Painted from a photo (taken by my brother-in-law during a self-drive trip to Namibia and Botswana), this painting epitomizes our experience of a lifetime. Every evening we would be awed by the succession of animals at the watering holes.  

The sheer scale of the elephants, and their gentle-giant demeanor, contrasted with the striking patterns of the zebras took our breath away. I don’t often use a palette knife when I’m painting, but I used one here to create the texture of the elephant’s skin.